diff --git a/README b/README
index 14cea3d..3a87a1a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -59,12 +59,21 @@ This will do a couple of things:
  * Run electron-builder to build a package. The package built will match the operating system
    you're running the build process on.
 
+If you'd like to build the native modules (for searching in encrypted rooms):
+This will take 10 minutes or so, and will require a number of native tools
+to be installed, depending on your OS (eg. rust, tcl, make/nmake).
+```
+yarn run build:native
+```
+
 You can also build using docker, which will always produce the linux package:
 ```
 # Run this once to make the docker image
 yarn run docker:setup
 
 yarn run docker:install
+# if you want to build the native modules (this will take a while)
+yarn run docker:buildnative
 yarn run docker:build
 ```
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b95634a..4db1665 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "start": "electron .",
     "lint": "eslint src/ scripts/ hak/",
     "build": "yarn run setversion && electron-builder",
+    "buildnative": "yarn run hak",
     "docker:setup": "docker build -t riot-desktop-dockerbuild dockerbuild",
     "docker:buildnative": "scripts/in-docker.sh yarn run hak",
     "docker:build": "scripts/in-docker.sh yarn run build",